Super Mongoose,I can't ID this bull, not known to me as tusker so it is not a named one. It's is difficult to judge the length of the tusks looking at the pictures... Like to store the pictures in my database and see what happens with this one later on.

[quote="Super Mongoose"]Hi Tusker Mites

This tuskey ellie or up and coming tusker scratching himself on a tree, I saw Oct 6 from the fence at Satara. His right hand tusk is quite a bit longer than the left one. Pumba suggested me posting the pics here after reading my TR, as he might have a name. That would be very interesting. Thanx Pumba!

Wilddog5,The tusker on this picture is ..to my opinion Boyala. His right tusk is broken and the angle of the "shot" can hide this broken tusk. The last picture at his page at my tuskersite shows a almost similar view on him. Maybe you remember if you did see more of him. As far as I know he is still alive.

adw,Just looked at your 1st picture , to my opinion this is Nwashinangana , based on his tusks and right ear. I think I can see the two "marks" there like Nwashinangana has. His right tusk is a bit shorter then left one and a bit curved while the left tusks is almost straight.Don't know if you have a few more pics of him and willing to send them in larger format to me?tuskers@zeelandnet.nl

Second one is not a named one and "judging" his tusks... potential for longer tusks but not that thick (based on the picture).

adw wrote:

Saw three nice tuskers on my Oct 2012 trip to Satara. This guy was seen on the H10 as I was leaving the park.

And this young bull who I think has potential was photographed 3 km south of Satara.

We saw this nice young man , with promising sized tusks , on 11th October 2012 , at Shitangeni ( just north of Vlakteplaas ranger ) on the H1-7 .The interesting thing is that he had a big chunk out of his trunk , similar to the tusker Mahrumbini , whom incidently we saw three days later just north of Mopani .

Picture of Mahrumbini following after downloading

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Herewith pic of Mahrumbini - he only has one tusk , and also a piece bitten out of his trunk - I suppose by some enterprising croc sometime , somewhere ust north of Mopani , on the 14th October 2012 .

And not so far from him , we were fortunate to see another one of Aat's named tuskers , namely Kaleka - quite impressive that big right tusk . He wasn't very friendly and chased us away with a shaking of his head , etc .

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I am very very sorry but I am going to stop most activities at this forum for the Big Tuskers.I will pm the ones who like requests for ID etc or just simply will comment but no other activities anymore.

I am very disappointed that for all the time I spend for so many for ID work and many others things around the Big Tuskers I am not even nominated for any category for awards this year.

I have done this for 4 years at a row spending so much time with pleasure but I have to conclude that appreciation is far away.

I like to ask the moderators to take away the award I received earlier in 2010 because I am really very very very disappointed ....

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Philip`,Yes Philip .... it is with pain but disappoinment , a big disappointment.I have spend about an average of 20 hours per week with ID'ing for so many, keeping this updated, a thread with so many views here, answerring many pm's for ID's helping out with delivering pictures for auctions and other things but not even a recognition or nomination

I have the greatest respect for you and always enjoy your contributions to the tusker info bank available to all of us. I have always thought of you as a nature lover who shares his passion with others!Now I discover I was wrong -- you only did this work for nominations! So now -- no nominations, no Aat!!??And even the nomination for 2010 is suddenly worth nothing -- just take it back?

Got several PM's and mails so let me be clear about a few things:Sure I will not let my tusker friends down and continue with ID's here and the Tusker site.

So Friedrich and others, keep on posting tusker pics here, the place to to be for them and to share with all other tuskermites.

(I am just not doing any other extra things anymore and for now and future I am not interested in any nomination , being together with my tusker friends is enough. Let me just say that some things are clear to me and that's it.)

Friedrich,The one near Punda Maria is unknown to me , not a named one but idd , looks like a potential one for future based on his thick tusks and I agree with you, think he is a young guy

The other one is Ma_Xangane , ID by his ragged ear with several notches.

Friedrich von Hörsten wrote:

So here are the pics I took end of September...

The brown elephant was right at Punda Maria entrance gate – he has nice thick tusks, with virtually perfect ears.This elephant in thick green bush = on H7 right next to the Timbavati river, about 15 km from Orpen gate. Note the jagged right ear.

I suppose the Punda elephant is still too young, butit looks like he haspotential.The Orpen elephant looks more substantial. Does he perhaps have a name?

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